On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 23:04 -0500, jimhackthorn wrote:
> i got a idea instead of creating wine from scratch witch is a
> extremely slow process why not make wine as a utility that pulls all
> files and binary's needed from a windows in stallion disc and wine
> could be set up with the wine drive but with actual windows binary's.
>You've entirely missed the point, which is to avoid the use of Windows,
or parts thereof, as far as possible. That is, after all, why you're
running Linux. I for one have no intention of owning an illegal copy of
Windows or of buying a legal one.
If I can't run a legally acquired Windows program using Wine or Dosbox
then I'll use use the native Linux equivalent, write my own or go
without.
Martin